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- English Word Homologous Definition Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
- English Word Homologous Definition Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
- English Word Homologous Definition Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.
- English Word Homologous Definition Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
- English Word Homolographic Definition Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.
- English Word Homologue Definition That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.
- English Word Homology Definition The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.
- English Word Homology Definition Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.
- English Word Homology Definition The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology.
- English Word Homomallous Definition Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
- English Word Homomorphic Definition Alt. of Homomorphous
- English Word Homomorphism Definition Same as Homomorphy.
- English Word Homomorphism Definition The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.
- English Word Homomorphism Definition The possession of but one kind of larvae or young, as in most insects.
- English Word Homomorphous Definition Characterized by homomorphism.
- English Word Homomorphy Definition Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.
- English Word Homonomous Definition Of or pertaining to homonomy.
- English Word Homonomy Definition The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.
- English Word Homonym Definition A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
- English Word Homonymous Definition Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.